SOCRATES

Chaerephon

Chaerephon, of the Athenian deme Sphettus, was an Ancient Greek best remembered as a loyal friend and follower of Socrates

Alcibiades

Alcibiades, son of Cleinias, from the deme of Scambonidae, was a prominent Athenian statesman, orator, and general

Antiphon

Antiphon of Rhamnus was a statesman who took up rhetoric as a profession. He was active in political affairs in Athens, and, as a zealous supporter of the oligarchical party, was largely responsible for the establishment of the Four Hundred in 411 (see Theramenes); upon restoration of the democracy shortly afterwards, he was accused of treason and condemned to death. Thucydides famously characterized Antiphon's skills, influence, and reputation

Anytus

Anytus, son of Anthemion, was an ancient Athenian politician. He served as a general in the Peloponnesian War, and was later a leading supporter of the democratic movements in Athens opposed to the oligarchic forces behind the Thirty Tyrants

Aristophanes

Aristophanes, son of Philippus, of the deme Kydathenaion, was a comic playwright of ancient Athens. Eleven of his forty plays survive virtually complete

Critias

Critias was an ancient Athenian political figure and author. Born in Athens, Critias was the son of Callaeschrus and a first cousin of Plato's mother Perictione, and became a leading and violent member of the Thirty Tyrants.

Crito

Crito is a dialogue by the ancient Greek philosopher Plato. It depicts a conversation between Socrates and his wealthy friend Crito regarding justice (δικαιοσύνη), injustice (ἀδικία), and the appropriate response to injustice. Socrates thinks that injustice may not be answered with injustice, and refuses Crito's offer to finance his escape from prison. This dialogue contains an ancient statement of the social contract theory of government.

Leon of Salamis

Leon of Salamis was a historical figure, mentioned in Plato's Apology, Xenophon's Hellenica and Andocides' On the Mysteries. This Leon may also be the renowned Athenian general Leon of the Peloponnesian War.

Strepsiades

Main Character in famous play: "Clouds" He enrolls his son in Socrates teaching to learn how to get out of his debts. It eventually turns on him.

Meletus

Meletus was an ancient Athenian Greek from the Pithus deme known for his prosecuting role in the trial and eventual execution of the philosopher Socrates.

Plato

Plato was a philosopher in Classical Greece and the founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. Most famous student of Socrates.

Oligarchy

Socrates discusses with Glaucon (Plato's older brother) various regimes: Aristocracy, Timocracy, Oligarchy, Democracy, and Tyranny. Independently and without any assumed connection to the germane recent events in Europe and the US, these paragraphs on oligarchy and democracy resonate now as they did about 2,400 years ago.

Socrates

Socrates was a classical Greek philosopher credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy. He is an enigmatic figure known chiefly through the accounts of classical writers, especially the writings. Also knows for being an ahole to everyone.

Allegory of the Cave

The Allegory of the Cave was presented by the Greek philosopher Plato in his work the Republic to compare "the effect of education and the lack of it on our nature"

Charmides

The Charmides is a dialogue of Plato, in which Socrates engages a handsome and popular boy in a conversation about the meaning of sophrosyne, a Greek word usually translated into English as "temperance", "self-control", or "restraint".

Pheidippides

more correctly given as Philippides, by Herodotus and Plutarch, since Pheidippides, 'sparing a horse', is a jocular name for a character in a play by Aristophanes[1]) is the central figure in a story that was the inspiration for a modern sporting event, the marathon race. Pheidippides is said to have run from Marathon to Athens to deliver news of a military victory against the Persians at the Battle of Marathon.

Nihilism

the rejection of all religious and moral principles, often in the belief that life is meaningless

Euthyphro

was an ancient Athenian religious prophet (mantis) best known for his role in his eponymous dialogue written by the philosopher Plato